The Racial Cage

The potential of biohumanities as a foundation for antiracist critique of the human

The Racial Cage delivers a spirited and polyvocal analysis of how race is materialized through both metaphorical and literal cages. It theorizes the cage, fence, dragnet, and tube as material-semiotic sites for racialization and for iteratively redefining the human-animal boundary. A collaborative conversation across continents, this work examines the racial cage as an important part of the practice of social division and bodily containment. The deeply considered result is an empirical and theoretical approach to biohumanities that productively interrogates its linkages to critical theories of race and racism.

Author: Nadine Ehlers, Anthony Ryan Hatch, Amade Aouatef M'Charek
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 07/15/2025
Series: Forerunners: Ideas First
Pages: 116
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781517918996